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Obviously E12 = Explosive 12, and PM-3 = Portable Molotov-3.
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no dressed in black pants, black suspenders, red t-shirt, a brown leather bag to carry my portable set up. And I was in a good mood listening to FLOOD by They Might Be Giants.I can see an Abyss being misconstrued as a homemade weapon of self-destruction, but not a set of exceedingly civilized-looking WHITE Oppos. You may have a beard, but you were not the crazy one here.
(Caveat: I am assuming, since you didn't mention it, that you were not, at that time, in full-scale pirate regalia, brandishing a cutlass and dragging a full-size 8-pounder cannon with you.)
Between Oppo PM-3 and NAD VISO HP50, which has the better tonality, bass response (tight and impactful), comfort, and lack of sound leakage?
(I do have a portable amp, but I don't want to post which one (nor am I going to buy another) since a good headphone should sound good with any neutral/solid state amp.)
Coming directly from the HP50 to the PM-3 I would say that the PM-3 definitely has more impactful and tighter bass, plus it has that wonderful bass tone and tunefulness that seems to be inherent to most, if not all, planar magnetic designs. Overall the tonality of the HP50 is very good so I would call this area basically a draw in all frequency ranges above the bass.
Some will tell you that comfort is a personal preference thing, maybe, but i find it hard to believe anyone would consider the HP50 to be a more comfortable headphone of the two. To me it is no contest. Just read through the threads and you will see that one of the main strengths of the PM-3 that virtually all users comment about is it's comfort. Not only that but I have found that the ear cushions on the PM-3 breathe better and therefor induce much less sweating in warm weather than the HP50, and the PM-3 definitely seals and isolates better than the HP50 on my head. Don't get me wrong the HP50 is a very good set of cans, I just think that the PM-3 is near or at the top of the heap for sub $500 closed portable headphones, so it's a difficult task for the HP50's to meet. The PM-3 also lists for almost a hundred dollars more than the HP50, so that could be a major consideration for many.
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